Talk:Manga murder

Light Yagami

I edited a small section of this article and Wikipedia sends its dogs after me already. Despite the fact that my edit actually somewhat helped this article seeing as how Light Yagami is actually the antagonist of Death Note not the protagonist.Filthy Wiki-dogs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.63.109.122 (talk) 09:03, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

No, he isn't. Protagonist just means that he is the main character (who he obviously is), and says nothing about good/evil/whatever. Viktor Crowford (talk) 09:52, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Actually that is opinion, the protagonist is the good guy or hero of the story, while that antagonist is the enemy or evil power. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.61.80.119 (talk) 19:58, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

No, Viktor's correct. Most protagonists just happen to also be heroic.—Ｌｏｖｅはドコ？ (talk • contribs) 21:32, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

It's unclear and debatable, even different dictionaries disagree on whether or not protagonist means "hero" or similar. The role the character plays is rather clear, though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.193.113.148 (talk) 03:12, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Have you guys ever heard the term anti-hero, Kira/Light Yagami is one... He is the protagonist (the one where the whole story revolves around) albeit with a bit twisted idea of justice. But nevertheless, He is the protagonist... To me what debatable is virtue and evil itself, even until the end Light still believe that he had chosen the correct path, that what he does is right nad he did that for the good of mankind. Similar real-live analogy is, had Axis won WW2, we will now live knowing US and their allies as evil being with Jews as an infection of the world that need to be removed (Thank God Alliance won).

What matter is the story revolve around Light Yagami and taken from his point of view, Its Nate River and L Lawliet that took the part of antagonist, as they are the one that opposes the protagonist's ideology, belief, and goal. Lolipedofin (talk) 12:15, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Light Yagami was the protagonist, he was a tragic villain, but a protagonist none-the-less. There are certain codes of human morality that anyone would agree with. Without a true understanding justice one can't be just. Justice is, in the end, a matter of opinion unless one can see all sides of the story and can understand the intent of the hearts/minds involved. Kira, aka Light, only used his personal perception of Justice, which was selfish; he had become one of the very things he sought to eradicate. In true justice one must attempt to see all sides of the story; all too often we end up with the results that Naomi Misora experienced in the story. Smile Lee (talk) 10:32, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Protagonist- The character that pushes the action forward; neither hero nor villain, i've seen both.

The 'protagonist' is the main character in a series, story...etc. and the 'antagonist' is the one who opposes the protagonist. Although, the 'protagonist' is generally considered the 'good guy' or the 'hero', it is not like that in all cases. The End. Confidentialinformant (talk) 07:01, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Well...

Well what if this has nothing to do with Death Note? "Watashi wa Kira desu" could mean "I am the killer". The cow says MOO!!! —Preceding undated comment was added at 05:14, 28 October 2008 (UTC).

Wouldn't matter much for the article. That piece of information would then just have to be added to the content. But fact stays that the media coined the name of this case and suggested references to Death Note, whether it's true or not. Keyy (talk) 14:32, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

"Watashi wa Kira desu" was the exact line Light used to describe himself as Kira. Kira is not the word for Killer in Japanese, the term was created for the mystery killer in the Death Note series, but it has it's origins in the pronunciation of Killer transliterated into Japanese. Smile Lee (talk) 04:32, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

This comment is wrong. Lights line was "Boku ga Kira" while L´s line was "Watashi wa L[eru] desu[dess]" So the used line "Watashi wa kira dess" is a mix of both and written by someone who doesn´t know japanese well

manga murder

so theres a seiral killer thinking he is kira.What if he watches Death note so much he becomes a phyco and starts killing people doing bad things such as bullying? What will happen then? or will he kill people who dosent belive in God? And what if he travels to differnt places so he could thow the police off? And maybe he leaves different clues at his murders? Such as apples or candy?

Your point is? 87.33.65.49 (talk) 12:27, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

There's no proof this serial killer literally thinks he is Kira. It's an obvious Death Note reference, so the killer could just be an avid follower of Light and wishes to somehow bring this anime to life. It's not a rare happening. There have been many deaths connecting with various shows.

It has been years since this "murder" and no more "murders" with the same M.O. have continued. (At least not to my knowledge) Which either leads us to believe that it was a joke, as suggested, or a one-time thing. Did you seriously ask 'what will happen'?! Investigators will attempt to track him down. He is not Kira, and he doesn't posses a notebook that can murder people. Thus, it won't be hard to find him. He'll leave forensic evidence behind and eventually, be caught. Just like any other criminal usually is.

The connection between this murderer and Kira, himself, is limited. They weren't able to identify the body and so they cannot even confirm if it was a human culprit. On another note, if such a murder were to happen again by the "manga murderer", then it will be likely that he'll stray from the anime's Kira's own ideals. That happens with psychologically unstable people who are triggered to kill by an outside influence like an anime.

If he travels to different places, the investigators will simply look for a some one who was traveling to all those places in the same order that the murders were committed. If he used fake IDs or a false name, then the investigators will find something else. It's really quite simple and there's no need for "what if" scenarios.

It could also be possible that the manga murderer has changed his way of operating completely and that this whole murder was an experiment. The manga murderer could be on the loose now as another known criminal or sitting in jail. Either way, it doesn't matter. This world will always have murderers on it. What's your point with all of this?

Confidentialinformant (talk) 06:57, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

The following link states that the murder has been solved. I would appreciate it if someone listed is as a reference on the webpage (since I don't have the time or the will to find out how references are added :p ) http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8113787 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.182.6.30 (talk) 20:22, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

JAPANESE WIKIPEDIA PAGE

IF IT HAD SO MUCH ATTENTION LINK IT TO THE JAPANESE VERSION OF THIS PAGE ON THE LOWER LEFT —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.186.100.173 (talk) 11:38, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

WHY ARE YOU YELLING AT US? But seriously, is this covered in the Japanese Wiki? Or more preferably (since the crime took place in Belgium) the French or Dutch? Paris1127 (talk) 20:30, 12 February 2013 (UTC)